Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC v4 08/13] hw/vfio/common: Add EXEC_FLAG to VFIO DMA mappings

[Will Deacon]

On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 01:27:18PM +0100, Eric Auger wrote:
> From: Alvise Rigo <address@hidden>
> 
> The flag is mandatory for the ARM SMMU so we always add it if the MMIO
> handles it.

I though the logic of this flag was changing (so that you request an NX
mapping instead), so I'd hold off on this change until the kernel has
decided what it's doing.

Also, the ARM SMMU doesn't mandate any flags, you probably need this as
a result of using a PL330, which is an odd case of a DMA master that
spits out EXEC transactions (instruction fetch).

Will